The History of BotW Any% World Records

[@User1924-se]

1:28:43 as of now 23:1x has been skipped over

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

In fact, I'll keep a running update list here. RECORDS SINCE THIS VIDEO'S RELEASE: (To avoid making timestamps, my formatting is spaced) Koroks - 23 : 17 on 19 Nov 2024 Player5 - 23 : 09 on 23 Nov 2024

[@scarmucci1918]

@@TheZeldaEnthusiast Is as if you jinxed the category - but in a good way ! ... The new WR have been insane !!!

[@Potentially_Hacker]

I'm gonna be honest my jaw dropped when you mentioned that *SethBling* was the first ever record holder.

[@jelloshot]

dudes a decently active runner! he developed a whole arbitrary code execution method on super mario bros

[@TrevorTreefort]

I’ve been hoping Summoning Salt would do this video for years, but this is AMAZING! Better than what I had hoped for

[@TheJolteonMaster]

Today I learned btb stands for “bounce that boi” & I love it.

[@Hydraina]

I think Smallant is the one who originally started calling BTB's "Bounce that boi" instead of "Bullet time bounces" haha. Clips of him saying that are in his old all shrines vods. They're fun watches!

[@JohnDBlue]

I love that smant bacronymed it into a much better phrase ❤

[@Cantrona]

Smant was the first Breath of the Wild speedrun I ever watched so BTB will always be bounce that boiiiii and wind bombs will always be boomie zoomies

[@JohnDBlue]

​@@Cantrona and of course what the hell is BLSS? All I know is bomb wiggle :D or was it wiggle bomb? Been a while since I watched Smant doing BotW

[@Hydraina]

@@JohnDBlue wiggle bomb :)

[@vizzzyy190]

"this runs a joke, lets get wr" this is exactly why i love speedrunning 😂 fantastic video!

[@legend0fmads]

I will be honest when I heard you were making a video on speed running records i was like “eh, okie” but holy crap this video was INSANELY interesting. I was so wrong and I’m so sorry for having doubts! I actually learned a lot in this video about different glitches & how they work (which I originally never had knowledge on) makes me wanna do my own speed run for fun! Thank you Zelda Enthusiast for this video and your hard work!

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Lol all good! Had been wanting to make this one for a long time, and it ended up being waaay bigger an undertaking than I thought, but I already knew it was a good story bc I started running the game in 2021. I'm happy you enjoyed!

[@legend0fmads]

@@TheZeldaEnthusiast 27!! I forgot to add that lol

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

I really hope you enjoy this video! Let me know if you want more Zelda speedrunning history videos like this and/or if you'd like to see me livestream my attempts to lower my personal best time (a 28:14 as of the time of publishing) And, if you enjoyed, please like the video. It helps so much. Thanks for watching and reading!

[@Cliffordlonghead]

hi

[@Cliffordlonghead]

First

[@MrFerrix450]

Thank you for making this beautiful video😊

[@Freskabri]

Seeing more would be fantastic! I've been quietly waiting for Salt to upload more Zelda stuff, but it's yet to be. Great work! I do like that you also mentioned runs that would've been a WR if other things hadn't happened (especially the one that just wasn't verified for a couple days). Personal top picks for video topics? Honestly just any Zelda game you don't normally see people talk about, if you think it'll make for a good video. Also enjoying the sports commentary at the end LMAO. Now that I'm thinking about it though, I wonder what speedruns look like in some of the less... played games, like OoA/OoS. Edit: How many years have I been a Zelda fan? Since birth baby!!! (aka, 27 B))

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Thanks! Come to think of it, I've never watched an oos/ooa speedrun. Now I'm curious. Glad you liked the play-by-play. Sportscaster was exactly what I was trying to channel there

[@Megukagi]

my personal favorite part of the speedrun is when zelda says "it's zeldin' time!" and zelds all over the place, immediately killing calamity ganon

[@LizzyyyG02]

You don’t know how much I live for long form botw content this means so much to me thank you mr enthusiast

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Thank YOU!

[@12times12_]

It just feels right to get this video from the man who's tutorials taught myself and so, so many others to speedrun this game. The impact you've had on this community can't be overstated, and I'm glad to see it all come full circle in a way.

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Been my pleasure to have you along for the journey. Thanks for everything YOU'VE done!

[@KulaMedli]

My quickest BOTW speedrun was an all devine beasts one of around 5 hours and 30 minutes, as a mostly casual player. I used whistle sprint throw sprint and windbomb since they're the only glitches I knew. Though it can't really set as a record, it's my best time yet- and my friends were surprised since I had only recently beaten the main game

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

GG. I've never taken the time to learn all dungeons.

[@KulaMedli]

@@TheZeldaEnthusiast tbh I fumbled a heck ton in ruta and naboris lmao

[@RealYaoi]

this video was a real treat. as someone whos been a casual viewer on and off of botws runs from launch, it was like taking a walk back in time seeing and remembering all the strats and seeing just how much it changed and how quickly. great work :D

[@LouLouCore]

I need to get wr again so people don't just see how I looked like 5+ years ago 😂 Great video btw!

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

GG and GL gamer, thanks!

[@MajesticQT]

Great video! Being featured even if only for 10 seconds is still pretty sick. Maybe I need to do some runs again

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Absolutely dude! You're a part of botw history, GG!

[@Vivian_Does_Stuff]

Yo, this was so interesting man, love these types of videos in particular as well and glad someone had made one for such a historic speed running game and probably the most significant game in my life❤ Can’t wait to see this for totk, I watched some runs by other players and am so excited to see what they will discover next, and how it will impact the future of the speedruns

[@ag3ntle]

I watched most of the video right when it came out, but not the end. 10/10 ending to a KZbin video; made my day

[@Sizarrek]

Hey just a little feedback if you ever plan to do something like that again in the future you should not show the whole graph with times basically at the start of the video it was pretty disappointing to see the whole graph like that spoiling the all the times. As a viewer I think its better to show the time going down as the video goes. And the second thing I wish you could do is explain the glitches used in speedruns, for example with the fall damage cancel glitch it was like "so poeple found a glitch where fall damage is cancelled" and that was pretty much it with the explanation so it would be nice to hear some more about gliches explaining how they were done or how they were found, but good video over all had a good time watching it

[@TheCCore]

Botw was the first game I’ve ever speedran (thanks to your tutorials). This game will forever hold a special place in my heart. Great video man!

[@12times12_]

Core out here spittin' facts (I'm in the exact same place because of the exacts same fantastic man named Tony)

[@murmirr]

Great and concise video, I've been needing more chill content like this to watch. Your commentary is really nice. Thank you!

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Yeah, about 7.5 years down into about 1.5 hours. Hadn't thought of it that way, but it is somewhat concise. I cut out a ton of extra fluff from the original script during the editing process 😂

[@jakubhusi258]

Summoning Salt would be proud. This was just as addicting as one of his videos. As someone who doesn't actually speedrun, but watches alot... I have been waiting on an any% history for BOTW forever. I always wondered what the new tricks were that were evolving, and you did a great job explaining to new fans and old.

[@krytolandros1775]

Great video man! You have a great presentation style that has a pleasant calmness often lacking in SS's videos (though I love them too). You should feel proud of this. (27 :) )

[@mawmz]

was invested in botw speedruns off launch until about 2020, and this was such a cool trip down memory lane. one of my coolest memories of botw runs is watching wohaiksong trying to skew clip through more than just one of the plateau shrines. this was so early in discovery of skew that nobody knew if you could even do all four shrines, which is weird to think about nowadays.

[@MJ_0019]

Fantastic video, Tony!! I think you should do a video on all the "extra" speedruns botw has as well, like butterdog, bread%, etc. (AND 27, PLEASE)

[@Nope_ihtt]

6 minutes ago????? This feels like a video that would have tons of views, I've struck gold

[@DUshyanthRavinduHettiarachchi]

Same

[@deedodson2452]

Hey Tony! So glad you made this video! Always wanted to see all the different versions of Any%. ❤

[@avgvfx]

I was just thinking yesterday about summoning salt making this video. It popped up on my fyp. Glad to say I found a new creator that shares that same idea😂

[@kikocordeiro8169]

Amazing vid but i would add 2 things. An explanation of why they're choosing french as the language and a quick and easy explanation of how wind bombing actually works for ppl that dont know. But truly fantastic work. Loved it

[@705J]

This video shares the same passion and understanding of mechanics as SummoningSalt's Punch Out. Its well structured and seems high quality, the name checks out lol. 32k subs is a crime

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Yo! That's an honor of a compliment considering salt was a top punch out speedrunner at one time. Thanks so much!

[@colakelvins]

Incredible video! I stopped watching BOTW speedruns a little before BLSS was discovered, and when one came on my recommended earlier this year I was like HUH?? WHAT?! Lol. Awesome to hear about the current strats and the WR history

[@NIX-FLIX]

Up until the release of TOTK, BOTW was the game that kept on giving new tricks were discovered every month it seemed and after the discovery of IST, you could probably program the game from scratch if you wanted to heck somebody managed to make all of Hyrule on a DS

[@X-ForceBro]

1:17 everyone has the right to make their own video even if it's about to some same subject and someone else did it you have your own perspectives to weigh in and your own point of view on how it took place so feel free to make it

[@jackdias9263]

Great video. It’s impressive to have this depth of game knowledge and history while also articulating it so well. May the algorithm give its blessings.

[@1SlateS314]

I can already tell this is going to be a banger. Awesome that this community also gets a summoningsalt style video :)

[@sansidee1784]

Super cool video ! It was really detailed which I really appreciated as someone who didn't know much about botw speedrunning before

[@gracemurphy5294]

awesome video! Been looking for one like this. This needs more attention

[@jacklucy8745]

Dude... this video is SO good. You deserve so much more recognition - the amount of work that went into this must be absurd. Keep it up - it will pay off.

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Thanks! Yes it was a ton of research, writing, and editing. Took about 2 months total. Trying to streamline my process so I can be more efficient this year lol

[@aag24]

Excellent - thank you very much. I'm 27% delighted!

[@ceceliagermann7716]

Great video, Tony! Couldn't have asked for a better KZbinr to put this history together. Your explanations of the strats and routes were excellent, as always, and the timeline was clean and demonstrated the record progression well. On a different note, I'd love to see you get back to streaming BotW or TotK PB attempts someday, or just streaming in general, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Hanging out on stream was always a blast! Either way, hope you've been well and thanks for the wonderful content ❤

[@Chubby_Bub]

I enjoyed this video a lot, I'm glad you made it since no one else did. I'd watch more videos like this, it's much more recent but I think one on TotK could be cool. My one suggestion on something you could improve is that you continually compare the past runs to the modern day ones or future in general. I'm not saying you should never ever mention it, because there can be valuable comparisons that can't be made later on, but it was very frequent, and thinking to videos from someone like SummoningSalt whom you took inspiration from, they tend to keep the context on what it had been up to that point. I think it makes for both a more compelling narrative as well as being clearer to viewers who may not know about the modern-day techniques.

[@MaestroMxx]

Great Video. I love watching World Record historys for videogames. Seeing what was when discovered and implemented is so cool and interesting. I love BotW speedrunning and this video is great.

[@mirani5278]

Your content is so amazing, i really appreciate all your effort! This kind of video is so entertaining, keep it up :)

[@fabianb.7429]

I waited a very long time for summoning salt that he makes this video but finally thank you another channel took on this challenge❤😊

[@IMadeThatJumpCmon]

This is fantastic, would love to see more like this or for other interesting categories!

[@jinnaihiryu]

1:02 I was just about to say that it started to feel like the beginning of a summoning salt video... And that's a good thing good for you. :)

[@NicholasBailey-pd9fo]

This is a great video and amazing history you got yourself a sub

[@TheJolteonMaster]

Early world records having deaths to falling off the tower & their own bombs is validating asf. 😂

[@Eyezayuh86]

it'd be cool to see a video of the history of the 100% speedruns (if the category is interesting enough to warrant you making the video that is). I remember watching SmallAnt's video where he did it in under 24 hours.

[@ryanspratt4161]

This video was Amazing, super duper glad I stumbled across it on my home page!! Well organized, well spoken, well researched and well paced. What a rare treat of a video, most certainly for it being my favorite game as well! I’m a P5 content enjoyer, so I’m biased of course 😂🔥

[@TessaLucy]

I’ve been a big fan of the speedrun for the whole lifespan of the game and it’s pretty cool to see it laid out clearly. This video is really nice :)

[@sleepdeep305]

So true to creating something for yourself to enjoy! I knew nobody else was gonna spend 3 months making a full show multicam of the concert I went to, so I went ahead and did it myself

[@kalebburgess5898]

Great Video! You are completely underrated!

[@all_angles8528]

Props for acknowledging summoning salt… I can now approve of this video

[@mauricewijnen3516]

Good video, sir! Keep up the good work!

[@Simchen]

What a great overview of the speedrun history of a legendary game. Thanks for all that effort ^-^

[@black_hoody]

I just started learning speedrun last week through ur videos. Thanks man ! I love ur vids

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

That's awesome, have fun!

[@Dinoober]

Finally found time to watch this, simply amazing!

[@mysticdusk1162]

This is a really cool video thanks for making it :)

[@onyxiris]

"Falling into the water for not only the first time in a world record, but also...the second..." is cruel and unusual punishment

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

To me it's just comic relief

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

this game is one of the coolest speed games in speedrunning history imo, the hilarious janky shit that you can pull off to just send link flying across the entire map will always be funny to watch also something that is true for MOST speedrunning but i still like to point out is how the runners name their splits for the runs. you get some pretty silly names based on throwaway lines and inside jokes with chatters on stream and it really does give the feel that it's not just the runner working at this, it's an entire community together finding and solving new puzzles to break our favorite games

[@Wockes]

KZbin has been yelling me to watch this for a week now so here I am. Was worth watching

[@natebot08]

I’m so happy you used a timeline to show the records like summoning salt cause they make it so much easier to see but I do wish you zoomed out in it at the end

[@88Tyler]

I love this channel, great job on such s fun assortment video topics man.

[@SMO_Boi]

I just came across how I will spend my afternoon

[@s3eriousbl9ck26]

0:50 and it's not just his channel. I don't think Tomatoeanus or Carl Jobst has ever covered modern Zelda speedruns

[@Sturben-qn7ph]

This video is so good, this needs more views

[@J.Rod_Drums]

4:29 authentizication??

[@slowpokedragon]

WEEEEE LONGFORM BOTW CONTENT! watched this to fall asleep last night and now im watching it again since im awake enough to actually comprehend it!

[@Jagaters]

Perfect timing. Now I have 100 minutes of entertainment while being sick

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Well, hopefully an easier 100 minutes closer to you feeling well again

[@Jagaters]

@@TheZeldaEnthusiast Thanks, it was great!

[@cosmicjellyf1sh]

Great video! I bought BOTW in 2022 and started watching the speed running almost instantly. There was a nostalgic element to this video because I loved that time of watching the records improve constantly. Also… 27.

[@donutkidpastry7895]

I watched a lot of gymnasts streams when the game first came out, the constant back and forth between record holders was so much fun watching

[@speedbrknek]

Gotta say wow the work done here one has to subscribe. Thanks!

[@adamdearden7226]

You're the very best for making this video.

[@missing_links]

I think it's ultimately too bad that BLSS invalidated so many previous movement methods. Stasis launches and BTBs were so much cooler.

[@isaiahcelestin3385]

Great video! If you ever do another one of these types of videos, I’d suggest adding more music throughout the video

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Thanks, yeah I was thinking about that, and opted instead to work with soft gameplay bg sound, but sometimes with the runners talking in the bg I had to lower them to not talk over me lol

[@TheTropicalNine]

Zelda has some of the trickiest but fun glitches for speed running one reason why I love the game so much awesome video man ❤😂

[@MythictheVRkid]

Amazing video

[@sammyboi5559]

Was begging summoning salt to make this video, but you’ve done a fantastic job. Would love this for TotK in a year or two

[@big_ole_queer_mess]

Oh, this is perfect I'm excited for this

[@elliotmcmaster177]

Me clicking thinking it was summoning salt “this is still neat I watch”

[@nightmonkeygaming1664]

This is an underrated gem 😊

[@Chronas264]

loved the video! nice one

[@davii_ms]

Personally Botw speedruns are and prob will be the most entertaining runs to watch. I love this game.

[@tamarlevy5949]

amazing video. so engaging!

[@LighteningS7]

I really enjoyed this video, and would love to see more like it. I would especially like to see videos on meme categories, stuff like become monke%, go home and die%, or butter dog dog wit da butter on him% (yes those are all real speedrun categories)

[@12times12_]

Tony should do a video like this on Bread%

[@iikodane7166]

Added to the giant speedrun documentary playlist!

[@Fistburg]

Commenting for the algorithm 🙏 Great content

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Appreciate it! Thanks

[@catRat_attack]

you should do another video like this but with 100% runs!! that would be really cool

[@Akitektur]

1:03:32 absolutely cruel cut

[@Mer_girl]

Thank u for making this.

[@Its_Squiddd]

8:15 shield jumping hadnt been discovered? isnt there an in game tutorial for it?? and i couldve sworn they showed off shield surfing before launching the game

[@GreenEmperor]

It's probably because people rushed to finish the game and do a speedrun.

[@vizzzyy190]

it has a different timing for the jump, as the shield jump that they use to close the gap usually requires unequipping the shield in the middle of the jump. this gives an extra boost

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Yeah, I'm referring to shield jumping as a means to cross gaps usually meant to be too far to jump, as opposed to going in for the surf

[@Its_Squiddd]

@@vizzzyy190 oooohhh ok that makes more sense, thanks!

[@westrnwizard2730]

Video is pretty great! Only thing I might add as a thing that might need some changing is muting some clips instead of lowering the volume, and then fully unlowering once the clip requires the runner commentary. Just for a bit of help with audio clearness imo

[@UncleLarrrry]

So what speedrun did TerminalMontage base his BotW speedrun animation off of?

[@TheZeldaEnthusiast]

Stuff with the stasis first plateau route with btbs

[@baileejohnson9968]

Both this and TOTK are so broken i love it

[@Clamsheet]

For a sec I thought the member only race was a relay race, but it was only 1 run, would love to see a relay race with the fights

[@Stu67nt]

Sethbling is NOT someone who i expected to be in thsi kind of vid lol

[@fluojn]

Great stuff! BotW is still my all time favourite game! My only gripe is that the lowest times are spoiled from the start of the documentary. Wouldn't it have been more suspenseful to reveal progress litlle by little?

[@paula-zzz]

i would love more speedrunnimg history videos :)

[@yommmrr]

Ive been waiting for a botw wr doco forever

[@surrealisticlilac8539]

Im loving the content ‼️

[@joshwilliams5601]

Content is great, I just wish the background music was a bit quieter so I could hear the narration better.